June 1, 1944

This page includes a news map from June 1, 1944, and several related items:

  • a letter from Virgil Keen to his family, written on June 1, 1944;
  • history regarding the Wexler Bend Pilot Plant (Kingsport, Tennessee) that developed munitions for the war effort;
  • a photograph of James Lambert, Bristol, Virginia native;
  • excerpts from the Edward R. Feagins memoir relating his experiences a soldier in the U.S. Army, 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division;
  • a photograph of Lieutenant Thomas Nance Daniel in France, 1944.
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June 1st Newsmap-Front

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June 1st Newsmap-Back Page

VirgilKeenLetter06011944.pdf

Virgil Keen Letter, 4 pages-June 1, 1944.

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Wexler Pilot Plant-Kingsport, Tennessee

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Wexler Pilot Plant History

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James Lambert Photograph with information on the back.

WWIIMaps_APPms578_nodate_france_Letter_Box1_folder4.pdf

"Letter to home", no date-from France ca. 1944-1945

WWIIMaps_0431_BoxG_001 FeaginsMemoir.jpg

Excerpts from Edward R. Feagins Memoir, 4 pages.

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Lieutenant Thomas Nance Daniel, 1944.

June 1, 1944